Cesar Castaneda

"I was endlessly drawn to trouble as a child, I recall one incident when I was around 5 years old when I found a can of spray paint. I was fully aware what it was and what it was used for, so I painted happy faces on the walls and accidentally painted my face black. It didn't take long for people to figure out who had painted all these happy faces all over the place. I was the happiest when I had a pencil in my hand and a peace of paper to draw on. I was always drawing Dinosaurs, weird animals, and sometimes cars. it was a big treat when my dad and older brother would sit down and draw for hours, I would study and try to copy what they where doing. It fascinated me the way they created funny characters and awesome hotrods."To Cesar Castaneda, Art has been one of the saving graces in his life, a place where he could go to render his thoughts on paper and work through the struggles of life. "I think it is all just extensions of an individuals feelings, thoughts and beliefs, and everyone should be free to express themselves." His most recent experiment has been carving wood and using dead tree stumps, turning them into Quetzalcuatl. The carvings are significant symbols of Life and Death, the circle of life, and the Rebirth of "Pride in our Culture, and our Raza."